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COURT TOMB; ROUND CAIRN; BURIALS: TAMNYBRACK or GIANT'S GRAVE in Knockoneill

COURT TOMB; ROUND CAIRN; BURIALS: TAMNYBRACK or GIANT'S GRAVE

What is recorded here

TAMNYBRACK, also called GIANT'S GRAVE, stands in Knockoneill as a court tomb and round cairn holding Neolithic, Bronze Age and medieval burials. People may have stacked its stones across centuries, returning dead to the same ground while believing a giant slept beneath. The court tomb shape suggests a threshold where the living gathered before releasing the dead into darkness.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as COURT TOMB; ROUND CAIRN; BURIALS: TAMNYBRACK or GIANT'S GRAVE. Recorded period: BRONZE AGE; MED/L.MED; NEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: State Care and Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Court tomb and round cairn, dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age. It is significant as a multi-period burial monument, reflecting early ritual and funerary practices in the region.

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